3.1
9,322
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.01
mean magnitude
8,746
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+
Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.
Largest earthquakes
Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 15.08.1950 14:09 | 15 km | 827 km |
| 8.0 | 15.01.1934 08:43 | 15 km | 593 km |
| 7.9 | 25.04.2015 06:11 | 13.4 km | 565 km |
| 7.8 | 14.11.2001 09:26 | 12.6 km | 484 km |
| 7.7 | 18.11.1951 09:35 | 30 km | 255 km |
| 7.7 | 17.08.1952 16:02 | 25 km | 303 km |
| 7.6 | 07.01.1937 13:20 | 15 km | 939 km |
| 7.5 | 08.11.1997 10:02 | 17.8 km | 377 km |
| 7.5 | 17.03.1947 08:19 | 15 km | 1035 km |
| 7.4 | 21.05.2021 18:04 | 5.4 km | 955 km |
| 7.4 | 06.02.1973 10:37 | 8.2 km | 1116 km |
| 7.3 | 29.07.1947 13:43 | 20 km | 590 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:42 | 0 km | 948 km |
| 7.3 | 15.12.1934 01:57 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2015 07:05 | 12.3 km | 518 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 03:10 | 5 km | 465 km |
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 15:08 | 25 km | 709 km |
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 06:55 | 5 km | 895 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 21:22 | 30 km | 705 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 21:21 | 10 km | 603 km |
| 4.9 | 02.08.2026 14:31 | 10 km | 1074 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 03:15 | 10 km | 285 km |
| 2.8 | 02.08.2026 00:08 | 5 km | 566 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 07:45 | 280.1 km | 1018 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 05:59 | 10 km | 869 km |
| 4.7 | 01.08.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 1086 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 00:01 | 9.5 km | 852 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 21:25 | 14 km | 425 km |
| 4.1 | 30.07.2026 19:20 | 90 km | 384 km |
| 4.3 | 30.07.2026 17:55 | 130 km | 326 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 17:24 | 11 km | 546 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2026 17:22 | 14 km | 553 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 23:22 | 10 km | 497 km |
| 3.0 | 29.07.2026 01:23 | 5 km | 548 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2026 23:19 | 15 km | 465 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 22:16 | 15 km | 607 km |
| 2.9 | 28.07.2026 19:16 | 15 km | 571 km |
| 4.2 | 28.07.2026 15:38 | 10 km | 1060 km |
| 2.9 | 28.07.2026 09:32 | 15 km | 487 km |
| 5.2 | 28.07.2026 08:04 | 10 km | 1099 km |
| 2.9 | 28.07.2026 04:57 | 12 km | 560 km |
| 6.1 | 28.07.2026 03:34 | 10 km | 1089 km |
| 5.8 | 28.07.2026 03:16 | 10 km | 1072 km |
| 3.3 | 27.07.2026 17:10 | 10 km | 549 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.2026 04:31 | 10 km | 449 km |
| 3.6 | 27.07.2026 00:14 | 10 km | 560 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 18:14 | 10 km | 486 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 13:23 | 25 km | 543 km |
| 4.3 | 24.07.2026 03:12 | 10 km | 893 km |
| 4.3 | 23.07.2026 04:07 | 10 km | 371 km |
| 3.5 | 22.07.2026 21:43 | 5 km | 505 km |
| 3.0 | 22.07.2026 12:35 | 10 km | 550 km |
| 2.8 | 22.07.2026 04:07 | 30 km | 598 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 22:55 | 10 km | 707 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 19:07 | 10 km | 554 km |
| 4.3 | 21.07.2026 18:55 | 10 km | 543 km |
| 2.9 | 21.07.2026 15:45 | 10 km | 573 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 07:38 | 26 km | 580 km |
| 2.9 | 20.07.2026 20:11 | 10 km | 552 km |
| 4.0 | 20.07.2026 07:22 | 150 km | 243 km |
| 3.5 | 20.07.2026 06:22 | 10 km | 564 km |
| 4.5 | 19.07.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 653 km |
| 3.4 | 19.07.2026 04:32 | 10 km | 782 km |
| 3.5 | 19.07.2026 02:36 | 13 km | 563 km |
| 3.0 | 18.07.2026 17:07 | 17 km | 562 km |
| 3.2 | 18.07.2026 15:01 | 7 km | 469 km |
| 2.5 | 18.07.2026 13:55 | 5 km | 529 km |
| 3.0 | 18.07.2026 02:19 | 10 km | 565 km |
| 3.8 | 18.07.2026 01:57 | 10 km | 562 km |
| 3.9 | 17.07.2026 17:57 | 10 km | 396 km |
| 3.8 | 16.07.2026 18:23 | 258.9 km | 738 km |
| 3.5 | 16.07.2026 14:32 | 7 km | 960 km |
| 3.0 | 14.07.2026 18:31 | 8 km | 558 km |
| 3.3 | 14.07.2026 18:15 | 7 km | 553 km |
| 3.3 | 14.07.2026 18:08 | 7 km | 565 km |
Method and sources
- What this page counts
- An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
- Location precision
- Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
- Magnitude scales
- The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
- Deduplication
- The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
- Updates
- Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
- Sources
- USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
- Reporting an error
- If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.